Why haven't Ayers been prosecuted if he admitted his radical group set bomb in Pentagon and U.S Capitol? ?

Question

This is very CONFUSING....please help me understand since we are spending billions of dollars chasing Osama and fighting against terrorist in Iraq but will not prosecute someone who has openly admitted such an atrocious crime. And if the Justice System leaves him free then why should we blame Obama for ever meeting him if Ayers is still part of the movers and shakers of Chicago and a professor at University of Illinois.

"I don't regret setting bombs," Ayers is quoted as saying. "I feel we didn't do enough."

Ayers was a terrorist in the late 1960s and 1970s whose radical group set bombs at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.

"Bill Ayers, I've said this, his father was a great friend of my father. I'll be very frank. Vietnam divided families, divided people. It was a terrible time of our country. It really separated people. People didn't know one another. Since then, I'll be very frank, (Ayers) has been in the forefront on a lot of education issues and helping us in public schools and things like that.

"People keep trying to align himself with Barack Obama. It's really unfortunate. They're friends. So what? People do make mistakes in the past. You move on. This is a new century, a new time. He reflects back and he's been making a strong contribution to our community."

his father, Thomas Ayers, was chairman of Commonwealth Edison (now Exelon) and a charter member of the Chicago establishment. As Mayor Richard M. Daley said recently, in arguing that the Ayers association should not be held against Obama, "His father was a great friend of my father."

Obama Needs to Explain His Ties to William Ayers

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Answer 1

I believe it's because Ayers was charged and got off on a technicality and he can't be charged twice for the same crime.  It sucks.

As to your additional comments, the quotes about people moving on, Ayers hasn't moved on.  He's very recently said he wished he had done more.   So whoever you're quoting that's trying to make it softer on Obama is full of it.

Answer 2

He was prosecuted and guess what....the state screwed up the trial and the case.  How did that happen?

It happened because 'evidence' was full of holes to start with and in the end, the case was dismissed.   If the truth ever comes out it will show that Bill Ayers is a total phony wannabee who took credit for somthing he never did and got a lot of mileage out of it.  Obamas 'ties' to Ayers...zip  except in the minds of the right wing talk show nitwits that make a living spreading propaganda.  There's no even-handedness with these guys.  Have they ever dug up any dirt on the Bush Junta?  Of course not.  Dump this nonsense and admit that the GOP went nuts and embrace a leadership of weasels.  Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford would  roll over in their graves if they could see how much damage these reactionary con-artists have done to our country.  No kiddin'!  

Answer 3

Ayers got off, similar to a mobster, he can't be tried again for the same crime. Double Indemnity. So technically, yes, he can say what he wants, so can OJ. I think Obama is more politically tied to Rezko than Ayers however.  

Answer 4

Obama was 8 years old at the time! Do you think he was an accessory? Get a life! And a clue!